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Mulch in the vegetable garden?
Hi all, I'm new to the board (usually on Parenting) but I have a question. I put in a new vegetable garden this year and the weeds are out of control. My ex-farmer neighbor said just to mulch the areas w/o the veg plants, but my landscape architect husband is hesitant to do this. WWYD?
If it matters, I have the following plants in there: watermelon, tomatoes, peas, beans, fennel, carrots and two blueberry bushes.
TIA!
Re: Mulch in the vegetable garden?
mulch makes the soil acidic which is good for bushes and tree but not good for veggie plants. You gotta hoe it out next spring, but for now, try to just pull what you can. I've also had DH just mow certain areas if it was totally taken over.
You can also do a technique where you lay plastic down and stake it down tight and it kills the plants under it. Dunno if this would work if you are trying to get in between plants tho. Its the same philosophy as when you leave something out on the grass to long and the grass under it dies.
uh, not true unless we're talking pine needles but I'm not positive that they even affect the pH that much. besides, most vegetables prefer slightly acidic soil. And solarizing the soil around the plants is also not a good idea as your tomato plant's roots aren't only directly under neath it
I usually mulch my garden but didn't this year b/c I got lazy. Now I get to weed.
I would not mulch areas where you are directly sowing the seeds (like carrots) until you're at the thinning stage.
FWIW, the U-Pick farm we visit as well as our CSA all mulch their crops
First off, Mulch could mean a bunch of different things!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulch
Any ways, Hay works GREAT for veggie beds as well as pine needles.
Wood type mulch is NOT good for your veggie beds because it takes so long to decompose.
Don't worry about the acid!